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Law :: Law (n.) Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.

Chancery :: Chancery (n.) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity..

Justice :: "Justice (a.) Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim..

Proctor :: Proctor (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity..

Equity :: Equity (n.) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it..

Legal :: Legal (a.) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets..

Injustice :: Injustice (n.) Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.

Ne Exeat :: Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree..

Lawsuit :: Lawsuit (n.) An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.

Equitable :: Equitable (a.) That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc..

Casuistry :: Casuistry (a.) The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases..

Decree :: Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..

Orator :: Orator (n.) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner..

Chancery :: Chancery (n.) In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity..

Crossbill :: Crossbill () A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit..

Complaint :: Complaint (n.) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity..

Inequity :: Inequity (n.) Want of equity; injustice; wrong.

Equitable :: Equitable (a.) Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men..

Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant..

Complainant :: Complainant (n.) The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law..

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